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KEY MESSAGES

- Light snow will continue through the remainder of the afternoon, decreasing in coverage quickly by evening. Dry conditions will remain through the remainder of the weekend.

- Bitterly cold air remains in place, with clear skies and a fresh snowpack allowing for very cold temperatures tonight. Cold Weather Advisory remains area-wide for wind chills between -20 and -30.

- Gradual warm-up will be seen through the upcoming work week, with largely dry conditions until mid-late week.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/

Issued at 1254 PM CST Sat Dec 13 2025

Clipper continues to push out of the area, with snow decreasing in coverage from northwest to southeast. This is expected to clear much of the area within the next few hours, with some flurries or light snow lingering in our southeast. Any further accumulations prior to sunset should be <1". Winter Weather Advisories will remain in effect for our western counties until 3PM and for counties along and east of the Mississippi River until 6PM. Sunset and beyond, we will see the clouds clear out quickly behind the system. Clear skies will work with the fresh snowpack, resulting in plummeting temperatures after dark. We will see temperatures drop into the negative single digits to teens. A northwesterly breeze will remain, which will lead to bitterly cold wind chills. We will see widespread wind chills as cold as 20-30 below zero throughout the area, with some areas in our northwest possibly seeing colder readings. Confidence in those colder temperatures is low at this time. Thus, will continue to hold onto the Cold Weather Advisory. Will continue to monitor observational trends through the afternoon and evening for any potential headline upgrades in our northwest.

Sunday will be another bitterly cold day, with high temperatures remaining in the single digits throughout. The sun will be out, which will make it look quite deceiving out there. Thus, another day where it is advised to stay inside if you can, wearing multiple layers if having to go out. Winds will remain lighter through the day though, which will limit the wind chill from dropping too low. Although, we are still looking at wind chills between 0 to -10 through the afternoon.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/

Issued at 1254 PM CST Sat Dec 13 2025

Sunday night temperatures look to tank after sunset with the arctic high overhead and the snowpack supporting strong radiational cooling. Temperatures should plunge quickly below zero and could bottom out in the teens below zero in some locations. Fortunately winds will be very light, but any little puff will foster wind chills near -20 in a few locations with mainly teens below zero elsewhere. After midnight Sunday night the arctic high will shift east as a surface trough propagates from the Northern Rockies into the Northern Plains. This will provide just enough pressure gradient increase and from a southerly direction to promote rising temperatures in the single digits and teens above zero by daybreak Monday. Early week then will feature a continued warming trend and some snowmelt by Tuesday and Wednesday as highs climb into the 30s and even 40s in some areas.

Beyond, the next chance of precipitation looks to be late Wednesday through Thursday with a potentially rather vigorous shortwave trough. Still plenty of uncertainty on track/strength, but in general a preponderance of the deterministic and ensemble guidance favors a northerly track, which would support mainly rain for the area being well entrenched within the warm sector. Colder air would wrap in as the system passes, but it would appear that any accumulating snow potential would focus further north across parts of MN/WI within the deformation. Still being several days away the potential exists for changes, so stay tuned. Any cold should be short-lived as the pattern aloft is set to remain semi-zonal or a fast west to east flow favorable for bouts of MP airmass, which will threaten the snow cover and potential for a white Christmas. This flow pattern will also keep it active/unsettled.

McClure

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/

Issued at 545 PM CST Sat Dec 13 2025

Incoming arctic high is scouring out the clouds and snow, making for a VFR TAF cycle into Sunday evening. Persistent northwesterly sfc winds of 10-15 KTs overnight, may back to the west southwest and diminish some by late Sunday afternoon.

DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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